Tacoma Public Schools has been recognized as a “District of Distinction” by District Administration magazine, a national publication for K12 district-level school administrators. In its testimonial, District Administration cites the work of the Center for Strong Schools Tacoma Whole Child Initiative in raising graduation rates at the school district from 55 percent in 2010 to 78 percent in 2014.

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently interviewed Shema Hannebutte, a dean at Tacoma Community College and a student in UW Tacoma's educational leadership (Ed.D.) degree program. TCC took part in a White House summit on access to higher education. In the Chronicle article, Hannebutte describes TCC's program to help homeless college students.

UW Tacoma mourns the death of John Goodlad, founder of the Institute for Educational Inquiry and emeritus professor of education at UW in Seattle, who died last week at the age of 94. Goodlad was co-director of UW's tri-campus Goodlad Institute for Educational Renewal. Read a tribute...